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1776 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1776th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 776th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1776, the ...
1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence , telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.
July 4 American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock, together with representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina ...
January 1, 1776: Virginia: British bombard Norfolk; Americans destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold [19] Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: February 27, 1776: North Carolina: American victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated [20] Battle of the Rice Boats: March 2–3, 1776: Georgia: British victory [21] Raid of ...
How are you holding up? Are you over it? I'm over it. I'm fine. At least, at times I think that. It's obviously not what I wanted but that's life. I'm not going to lie. It been an adjustment, but ...
September 24 – The Bolshoi Theatre Company hosts its first annual opera season, with the opening of the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St Petersburg. [1] [failed verification] ...
The Battle of Fort Washington was fought in New York on November 16, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. It was a British victory that gained the surrender of the remnant of the garrison of Fort Washington near the north end of Manhattan. It was one of the worst Patriot defeats of the war. [5]
He’d need to average 182 a week the rest of the way to bypass Chris Johnson’s 15-year-old standard of 2,509 combined rushing and receiving yards. Barkley’s had at least 182 yards four times ...